Diet and caries-associated bacteria in severe early childhood caries.
J Dent Res
; 89(11): 1224-9, 2010 Nov.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20858780
ABSTRACT
Frequent consumption of cariogenic foods and bacterial infection are risk factors for early childhood caries (ECC). This study hypothesized that a short diet survey focused on frequency of foods, categorized by putative cariogenicity, would differentiate severe ECC (S-ECC) from caries-free children. Children's diets were obtained by survey and plaque bacteria detected by PCR from 72 S-ECC and 38 caries-free children. S-ECC children had higher scores for between-meal juice (p < 0.01), solid-retentive foods (p < 0.001), eating frequency (p < 0.005), and estimated food cariogenicity (p < 0.0001) than caries-free children. S-ECC children with lesion recurrence ate fewer putative caries-protective foods than children without new lesions. Streptococcus mutans (p < 0.005), Streptococcus sobrinus (p < 0.005), and Bifidobacteria (p < 0.0001) were associated with S-ECC, and S. mutans with S. sobrinus was associated with lesion recurrence (p < 0.05). S. mutans-positive children had higher food cariogenicity scores. Food frequency, putative cariogenicity, and S. mutans were associated with S-ECC individually and in combination.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Streptococcus
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Dental Caries
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Diet
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
J Dent Res
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos